I’ve never been much of a gardener, because it is well, you know outside. Outside is where they keep cold, wind & dirt. I do love a beautiful garden to sit in though, so I was going to have to get over this. I learned some great gardening lessons from that old show "Surprise by Design". It helps me to be able to relate gardening to decorating, it makes more sense to me if I think of the garden as a room.
- White is one of the brightest colors that you can use in gardening, even more so than orange & yellow. It should either be used sparingly, or used to the extreme. I saw a garden with only white flowers & it was gorgeous.
- Green is nature’s neutral. So use colors that go with green, purples & blues are some of my favorites.
- Before this I just had too many different kinds of flowers in the garden. It looked like a nursery had exploded. I needed to bring in more of the neutral (green) to balance things out. I wouldn’t use 20 different colors in decorating, so I shouldn’t use them in gardening.
Gardens have different feelings. They can be elegant, fun, or traditional. It’s ok to do a little planning & think about what I want my garden to feel like.
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